May 31, 1971 | Volume 34, Issue 22

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•Bobby Unser, the winner of the 1968 Indianapolis 500, discussing the financial benefits of victory: "It didn't make me the million dollars people said it would, but it sure made my ex-wife happy."

The weather was chilly this spring but the baseball was oh-so-hot. The Oakland A's and the San Francisco Giants, surprising triumphs of teamwork, snatched their division leads and raced off like...

Consider baseball a garden, bursting out all over in advance of June. Almost all the hardy perennials—Willie Mays (.352), Henry Aaron (14 home runs), Juan Marichal (proving he may have lost a...

Such is the style of Washington's oarsmen, who did just that in winning the Western Sprints on a dazzling day at Seattle

The fastest Indy of all time is in prospect as some swift Young Turks take on the established stars of the Brickyard in this year's 500. Robert Jones will be on hand.

A few years ago Ellington White, author of the article on largemouth bass fishing (page 40), requested a rather unusual assignment. For a ridiculously modest sum, he said, he could build a 3½-acre...

Jerky, a sort of protein hardtack, is the kind of food one eats to live, rather than the other way around. It is a utilitarian delicacy with a long and fairly honorable history as the...

Burt Hooton of Texas pitches his last game and awaits pro offers

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The Stanley Cup, a trophy that rarely escapes from Montreal custody, returned again last week as the Canadiens prevailed against Chicago

After losing to the French in qualifying rounds, the Aces beat them handily in the finals to capture their second straight world title

Three or four decades ago, when life was simpler and people fewer, a book like the Campground and Trailer Park Guide (Rand McNally, $4.95) would have been as useful as the Guide Michelin on an...

AUTO RACING—JACKIE STEWART of Scotland, fighting off nausea in the last laps, held on to win the Monte Carlo Grand Prix and increased his lead for the world driver championship. America's Mario...

Cover—Ken Regan-Camera 519—Fred Kaplan-Black Star (2), Herb Scharfman, Dick Raphael20—Tony Triolo, Tony Tomsic, Carl Iwasaki, Walter Iooss Jr.21—Tony Triolo, Leviton-Atlanta22—Carl Iwasaki, John...

Bill Haubrich of Concord (N.H.) High was his school's leading rusher, scorer and MVP in his first year of football, averaged 25.7 points and 14 rebounds a game in basketball and in his first...

ENGLAND'S CIVIL WARSirs:Any Football Association Cup final in soccer-mad England is a dramatic struggle but when, as Hugh McIlvanney points out (But the South Shall Rise Again, May 17), the final...